The boxcar has not progressed much, but I have gotten the brake steps, staff, and pawl installed, but Im still waiting on the 12ba die.
Got one from ebay, was so poorly made it had barely a cutting tooth, contacted, replaced, and the second was also crap. So a proper order to BAbolts is somewhere on its way. I at least know
they sell quality tools.
But progress on the tugboat is going well.
The driveshaft had to be installed slight offcenter due to the servo but with two U-joints it seems to work ok.
And the first water test went very well. A little bowheavy but battery placement should solve that.
But the esc I bought just isnt powerful enough at near full throttle so a higher amperage one is on order. Hopefully thatll allow full throttle without cutout.
And as it sits this evening
The cabin and wheelhouse were planked in coffee stirrers. Very satisfying to glue and trim them down, but time consuming.
And the insides as it probably will stay. Esc placement still TBD as the new one may be slightly bigger.
The battery box very snugly slots between the cabin mounts aft of the Rx. But of course I drop it and break the plastic. So more orders to make.
If the next esc works well, itll be hotglued in place and I can finally glue on the gunwale.